Tiltable headboard for beds

ABSTRACT

A tiltable headboard for beds being a headboard pivotally mounted on supporting means in cooperation with a bed frame and having a pivotally mounted tilt support movable into locking position to maintain the head board in a tilted position, said tilt support means for releasing same from tilt support position, and having means for adjusting the angle of tilt.

United States Patent 3,6 83,430 Brad y [451 Aug. 15, 1972 [54] TILTABLE HEADBOARD FOR BEDS 3,272,556 9/1966 Rocker ..297/377 X 72 Inventor: William B dle R 0 Bo 2,762,422 9/1956 Stratton ..297/377 1 20203 g fi g 7610, 3,238,900 3/1966 Janus ..108/20 2,245,120 6/1941 Abresch ..108/2 [22] Filed: Sept. 9, 1970 Primary Examiner-Caismir A, Nunberg [21] Appl' 70842 Attbrney-Ranseler O. Wyatt [52] US. Cl ..5/279, 5/317 ['57] ABSTRACT "g ft g3 2%"23? 3 4?? A tiltable headboard for beds being a headboard l h 512/23 pivotally mounted on supporting means in cooperation with a bed frame and having a pivotally mounted tilt support movable into locking position to maintain the [56] Reterences cued head board in a tilted position, said tilt support means UNITED STATES PATENTS for releasing same from tilt support position, and hav- 3 1 10 91 l 1 H1963 Osborne et a] 5/327 R ing means for adjusting the angle of tilt. 2,724,127 11/1955 Trivas et al. ..5/317 R 1 Claim, 4 Drawing Figures PATENTEDAUB 15 I972 v HOV/i007 zf fired/61y INVENTOR.

TILTABLE HEADBOARD FOR arms SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A tiltable headboard for beds having means for mounting same on supporting meansand having a pivotally mounted headboard tilt support designed to drop by gravity into tilt supporting position and means for returning said tilt support to its original vertical position.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the drawings the numeral 1 designates a bed frame on which the usual box spring 2 and mattress 3 are are mounted. Headboard supports 4, 4 are mounted on the bed frame by means of an adaptor 5 which is fastened to the bed frame 1, such as the type of bed frame now in common use. The adaptor 5 spaces the headboard from the box spring and mattress 2 and 3, and provides means for mounting the headboard to any such bed frame and at the same time positions the headboard in the correct relationship to the mattress. The adaptor will vary in size, shape and component parts depending upon the bed frame on which the headboard is to be mounted. A supporting foot 24 may be used to provide additional rigidity to the headboard.

A pair of upstanding vertical supports 7, 7 are mounted on the back side of the headboard 6, and are pivotally anchored to the supports 4, 4 adjacent the upper ends of the respective supports, as by the pins 8, 8. A tilt support member 9 is mounted between the vertical supports 4, 4 by being hinged thereto adjacent its lower longitudinal edge, and a cord as 10 is anchored at one end to the member 9, and extends through the line guide 11 and through the lateral groove 12 and terminates in a ring 13. A spring 14 maintains a pressure on the cord 10 so that, when the cord 10 is pulled to release the member 9 from headboard supporting position, the headboard will return to vertical position and the member 9 will be out of supporting position, and the spring 14 will urge the cord 10 into retracted position at the base of the headboard.

When a user desires a tilted headboatd, an outward 'pull on the lower portion of the headboard will pivot the headboard outwardly and, as it swings outwardly, gravity will drop the member 9 into tilt supporting position. When the tilt is no onger desired, the headboard may be returned to vertical position by pulling on the cord 10, which will raise the support out of position against the headboard, and the headboard will swing back to vertical position.

In the form shown in FIG. 3, the headboard, mounted on the upstanding vertical supports 15 which have the tilt support 16 pivotally mounted thereon, in the form of bars, having a spring as 17 constantly urging the bar 16 towards vertical position and the headboard 18 has the projection 19 attached to the lower longitudinal edge at each side to be engaged selectively in oneof the slots 20, 20; the headboard is pivoted at a point below the midway point between the bottom and top so that the greater part of the headboard is on the upper portion above the pivot point, which will cause the board to tilt by gravity when unrestrained. In this form of the invention, the headboard 18 is manually moved to the desired position to permit the rod 19 to be engaged in the selected slot in the tilt support 16, and the headboard 18 is returned to vertical position by releasing the tilt support 16 and the tilt support 16 is returned to vertical position by the spring 17 and the headboard manually moved back to the vertical position and. latched in place by a suitable latch (not shown).

In the form shown in FIG. 4, the tilt support member 21 is provided with-the slidable extension 22, which may be adjusted to the desired position and locked in that position by means of the set screw 23.

Numerous shapes of headboard are possible with this construction. For beds of all sizes, single, double, queen size, king size, etc., with the supporting members anchored to a wall or to the bed frame, either to the cross member at one end of the frame or as a part of the frame. Where it is employed in constructing new beds, the supporting members may be an integral part of the frame, but as an accessory to beds already constructed, the vertical supports will be anchored by means of an adaptor at one end of the bed frame, or the the ends of the side rails of the bed frame, the adaptor spacing the supports to permit the headboard cushion to be flush with the box springs and mattress, when the headboard is in vertical position, or to position the headboard as may be desired with relation to the mattress.

The supporting foot 24 will be necessary when a heavy headboard is employed, as the end of the frame will be extended by the adapter, and the supporting means. This foot may be of any practical design, such as a threaded shaft with a wide head to seat on the floor, and a nut, or internally threaded socket, 2S, welded to the adapter in which the threaded shaft is mounted.

What I claim is:

1. In a tiltable headboard for beds, supporting means in a cooperating position with a bed frame, a headboard pivotally mounted on said supporting means, a headboard tilt supporting member pivotally mounted on said supporting means and selectively movable against said headboard to maintain said headboard in a selected tilted position, said headboard being pivoted at a point below the midway point between the top and bottom thereof causing the headboard to move to a tilt position by its own weight when not locked in vertical position.

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1. In a tiltable headboard for beds, supporting means in a cooperating position with a bed frame, a headboard pivotally mounted on said supporting means, a headboard tilt supporting member pivotally mounted on said supporting means and selectively movable against said headboard to maintain said headboard in a selected tilted position, said headboard being pivoted at a point below the midway point between the top and bottom thereof causing the headboard to move to a tilt position by its own weight when not locked in vertical position. 